Improvement in head-dresses



.THOMPSON HEAD-DRESS,-

MEARY E Patented Feb. e', 1877.

N4 PETERS. FNOTQUTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGFON. D. C.

PATENT IMPROVEMENT lN HEAD-BRESSE Specitoation forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,198, dated February 6, 1877; application tiled December 26, 1876.

drawings, which form a part of this specication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view, showing the method of arranging and parting the hair; and Fig. 2 shows the under side of my improved tournure.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in both the gures.

This invention relates to certain improve- Aments in ladies head-dresses, made either of real or artificial hair, substantially as hereinafter more fully shown and described.

My improved head-dress is intended to be worn on the fore part ot' the head, anlit consists of a piece of lace, A, made of whitehair or its equivalent, to which the natural or artificial hair is knotted, tied, crocheted, or otherwise secured. The method of parting the hair is plainly shown in Fig. l of' the drawings, i'rom which it will be seen that there are two lines of parting-one forward middle line, B, and one rear crossline, G, intercepting the front line B. These two lines, as will be seen, divide the hair into three sections or portions, two of which a, a, fall over either side of the head, and the third, b, covering the back of the head, the lines B G thus resembling the natural parting of the hair. The edges of the lace A are strengthened by a ribbon, D, in order to secure the article more perfectly upon the head. I arrange around the three edges of lace A, under the ribbon D, a strip of ductile metal, which, by adapting itself to the shape of the head, causes the tournure to retain its shape better. This strip of metal, which I have shown at d, Fig. 2, may be covered with colored silk or other suitable material, so as to prevent it from showing.

My improved head-dress, 'when constructed and arranged in the manner herein described, perfectly resembles the natural parting ofthe hair. The lace, being white, is invisible on the scalp, and by the arrangement of' the hair in three parts, as described, it is better held in place when adjusted upon the head than when otherwise arranged.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A ladys head-dress, constructed and arranged as herein described, and having the strip d ot' ductile metal, 'substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MRS. MARY E. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. Genere, L. G. NEUSTADT. 

